Horror Movie Weapon of Choice Quiz

Sure, you've bathed your mind in the blood of a thousand slasher movies, but is your memory sharp enough to recall each monstrous killer's weapon of choice? Can you remember how effective they were? It's time to put your horror knowledge to the test.

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Question 1 of 20

Let's start with a super easy one. Freddy Krueger employs the limitless potential of dreams to kill and terrorize his victims. But he's also partial to a particular weapon. What is it?

bladed hat

bladed glove

Let's hope you got that one. The iconic killer from "A Nightmare on Elm Street" even brandished those deadly fingers in a 1988 hip-hop music video for the Fat Boys.

bladed sweater

Question 2 of 20

Jason Voorhees kills a LOT of people in the "Friday the 13th" franchise, and he uses everything from his bare hands to an electric guitar to do it. But what’s the masked madman's weapon of choice?

machete

Jason isn't shy about driving a spear through a promiscuous teenager or two, but the machete is by far his most favorite weapon.

axe

spear

Question 3 of 20

You remember Leatherface, right? Which of the following weapons does the plus-sized butcher use to rack up the most kills in 1974's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre?"

meat hook

sledgehammer

Yep, despite Leatherface's love of chain saw-based shenanigans, his sledgehammer murders top saw murders two to one. The chain saw became his favored instrument in most of the other films, save "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation," which featured two sledgehammer deaths and zero chain saw murders.

chain saw

Question 4 of 20

Rapper Ghostface Killah slays audiences with his Wu-Tang rhymes, while "Scream" slasher Ghostface employs a more literal strategy. What's his weapon of choice?

In the "Saw" horror franchise, Jigsaw and his followers unleash more traps than you can shake a booby-trapped stick at. Of all his twisted murder gadgets, the reverse bear trap is the only one to show up three times. How many victims does it kill?

one

The first two victims to don the reverse bear trap escaped with their jaws still (mostly) intact. The third person, however, wasn't so lucky.

two

three

Question 6 of 20

Michael Myers flirts with creative murder weapons in the "Halloween" franchise, but he always comes back to his first love. Which is it?

switchblade

ice pick

kitchen knife

Myers leans toward the kitchen knife for his kills, perhaps because they're so easy to come by. Or is he just a "Psycho" fanboy at heart?

Question 7 of 20

If you ever perused a ‘90s video store, you probably remember the VHS covers for the "Slumber Party Massacre" series. What was the killer's murder weapon?

electric guitar

power drill

The "Slumber Party Massacre" killer clearly HATED slumber parties and LOVED power drills. What a sourpuss.

frozen bra

Question 8 of 20

The villainous cenobite Pinhead tends to delegate, but he doesn't mind getting his hands dirty in the "Hellraiser" series. What are the tools of his trade for this British monster?

pins and needles

hooks and chains

For the most part, the pins are just for show. When everyone's favorite S&M nightmare has to kill someone, he tends to get dramatic with flying chains and barbed hooks.

bangers and mash

Question 9 of 20

The 1981 slasher film "The Burning" collected the talents of Holly Hunter, Jason Alexander, Tom Savini, Rick Wakeman and the Weinstein brothers. It also centered on a disfigured killer by the name of Cropsy. What was his favorite weapon?

flamethrower

hedge clippers

Cropsy isn't above some flamethrower-powered cinematic payback, but hedge clippers are certainly his go-to weapon. You may remember them from the iconic poster art.

scissors

Question 10 of 20

There's a lot of weirdness to go around in the "Phantasm" series. What bizarre weapon does the iconic Tall Man unleash on intruders in his mausoleum?

phantom blades

flying silver spheres

The Tall Man commands both an army of evil dwarves and a fleet of flying silver balls -- each complete with knives, drills and other nasty killing tools.

psychic saws

Question 11 of 20

Both 1981's "My Bloody Valentine" and 2009's "My Bloody Valentine 3-D" hinge on a deranged killer in a gas mask. What weapon completes the look?

hammer and chisel

shovel

pick axe

The crazed coal miner in "My Bloody Valentine" fittingly employs a pick axe in his crimes of deranged vengeance. While he certainly has the "bloody" part down pat, he's kind of missing the spirit of the holiday.

Question 12 of 20

In the original 1974 slasher film "Black Christmas," the killer never uses the same weapon twice to spread holiday fear. The 2006 remake, however, makes one item in particular a repeat feature in four separate killings. What is it?

ice skate

toy unicorn

plastic bag

The remake features an ice skate murder, and both films see the lethal use of a toy unicorn. It's the plastic-bag-over-the-head trick, however, that really stands out.

Question 13 of 20

In the "I Know What You Did Last Summer" film franchise, a murderous avenger in a raincoat chases after reckless teen drivers. He gets a certain item rather bloody during all of this. What is it?

meat hook

longshoreman's hook

Tying in nicely with his dockworker's wardrobe, the killer slashes into teens with a longshoreman's hook.

harpoon

Question 14 of 20

The 1977 horror film "Drive-In Massacre" delivers about what you'd expect: A madman kills people at the drive-in. What does he use to get the job done?

sword

Yeah, the killer totally gets medieval on some folks -- with a giant sword!

battle axe

iron mace

Question 15 of 20

"The Prowler" stands as something of an early classic for fans of stylish horror movie gore. Naturally, the film's killer has a favored means of spilling the red. What is it?

pitchfork

bayonet

While the film does feature a pitchfork murder, the crazed G.I. prefers to stab and slice away with a military-issue bayonet.

ice pick

Question 16 of 20

Back in 2006, French director Christophe Gans directed a film adaptation of the "Silent Hill" video game series. Naturally, the monstrous Pyramid Head turns up -- but with what weapon?

giant blade

Known as "the great knife" in the game series, Pyramid Head's massive blade does indeed make it to the silver screen.

giant hammer

giant spear

Question 17 of 20

Everyone remembers Jack Nicholson's axe rampage in Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining," but what was the weapon of choice in Stephen King's original novel and the 1997 TV adaptation?

sledgehammer

croquet mallet

Yes, both the book and the TV adaptation see Jack Torrance take up the croquet mallet when the haunted house crazies set in.

meat mallet

Question 18 of 20

Clive Barker's "Candyman" is full of urban legend-inspired terror and the music of Philip Glass. What weapon does the titular killer use on his victims?

hook-hand

The Candyman has a hook for a hand, and he's not shy about swinging it around with lethal intent. He's also fond of bees.

straight razor

bailing hook

Question 19 of 20

The "Leprechaun" horror franchise is unapologetically ridiculous. The pint-sized magical Irishman employs such diverse weapons as a bong, a lightsaber and a go-kart to kill his victims. Yet there's one weapon he uses in not one, not two but THREE separate killings. What is it?

pot of gold

pogo stick

shillelagh

In 1995's "Leprechaun 3," the grotesque sprite goes back to his Irish roots and employs a shillelagh (a traditional Irish club or cudgel) to beat victims to death.

Question 20 of 20

Let's face it: Slasher movie obsession with signature weapons is a little out of hand. The 2008 short film "The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon" satirizes this horror movie cliché. What exactly is the weapon referred to in the title?

toothbrush

spoon

The film's sinister Ginosaji relentlessly assails a forensic pathologist for nine years, hitting him with a normal, everyday spoon.